Swami Tapovan Maharaj - An Inspired Saint of India - Chinmaya Upahar

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From time to time, there are born in

the sacred land of India, spiritual
Masters surpassing all comparison.
Swami Tapovan Maharaj was such a
Master.
Early Years
Swami Tapovan Maharaj was born in
1886 in an aristocratic family. From a
very tender age, he was not attracted
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to the materialistic life and expressed
dissatisfaction with everything
Swami limited or conditioned. He was drawn

in temperament naturally to a life of
Tapovan renunciation, austerity, and study.
Maharaj –
His early days were vivid lessons of
the essential requisites of a spiritual
seeker: discrimination, detachment,
An and the burning desire for liberation.
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Life of Renunciation
When his worldly commitments were
fulfilled, Swamiji began his journey as
a roaming monk, embracing the
renunciate’s life. He lived in the
secluded forests and higher
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elevations of the Himalayas in sacred
Swami Uttarkashi. There he lived a life of

extreme tapas (austerity), spending
Tapovan
his time in study, reflection, and
meditation, observing the highest
order of detachment and non-
Maharaj – possession.
An Swamiji had complete mastery of the

Scriptures. Sages and serious
Inspired students came to study in his austere

Kutir. He was also an eminent
Saint of
Sanskrit scholar and poet, who loved
to witness the canvas of Nature’s
India
beauty unrolling itself on the canvas
of the unfrequented peaks and

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Traveller
He recorded his many breathtaking
pilgrimages in hymns, commentaries,
and books such as “Wandering in the
Himalayas” and “Iswara Darshan” –
spiritual travelogues of divine charm
which reveal Swamiji’s remarkable
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adventure. These books give a
Swami glimpse of how a man of Divine Vision

beholds Truth everywhere, playing in
Tapovan and through every form.
Maharaj – Swami Tapovan virtually accepted the

sacred The Himalayas as his father
An
and the holy Ganges as his mother.
His total identification with his holy
surroundings was such and the
Inspired spiritual transformation that was

brought about in him was so
Saint of complete, that he was adored as the

Himayat vibhuti – the glory of the
India Himalayas.
True Vedantin till His Last

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When ill health began to ravage
Swamiji’s physical state, appeals by
his disciples to obtain expert medical
help were to no avail. Swamiji laughed
and said, “So this is the Vedanta that
you have studied in me? What is
death? Death is only one of the
experiences, which the Atman (the
Self) illumines. We are not of that
dying stuff. We are the Self.” The
courage and mental poise of a man
who can thus embrace death as a
long-awaited guest cannot be had
unless one has come to live the truths
indicated in the Upanishads.
On the 16th of January 1957, Swamiji

gained his Mahasamadhi. The
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particular form that the great Lord
Swami took in the name of Swami Tapovan

dissolved and he went back to merge
Tapovan
into his own nature. He has now
become the Essence in each one of us.
Whenever we find the glow of divine
Maharaj – compassion, love, purity, and

brilliance, there we see Swamiji with
An his smiling face.
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A light, a fragrance, a
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Today, to mention the name of Swami
Tapovan in the solitude of the
Himalayas is to awaken a deep
reverence for the man who has come
to be recognized as the embodiment
of the ideal Sanyasa, with all the
supreme renunciation, deep wisdom
and divine dignity that is implied by
such an ideal.
Swami Chinmayananda’s inspiration

Without a thread there is no garland;
without God, there is no universe.
Without Swami Tapovan, there would
not have been Swami
Chinmayananda. Swami Tapovan was
the master from whom Swami
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Chinmayananda acquired the wealth
Swami of knowledge on Vedanta.
When asked “But who was Swami
Tapovan Tapovan Maharaj?” Swami

Chinmayananda replied:
Maharaj – “Masters cannot be comprehended
An by the intellect. They are deeper than

that.
Inspired It was in the utter detachment that

Swami Tapovanji Maharaj lived every
Saint of moment and this is how we saw him

from the outside. But that was not he,
India he was pure Brahman itself…at least

to me, he was. How to explain to you
all, that what I saw in him was what I
saw in the Upanishads and in the

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The work of spreading the Geeta and
the Upanishads was to unveil Him and
His Glory, His vibhuti, Tapovan
Mahima in the hearts of all. He lived a
life of his own, chaste and pure, far
and high. His gates were never closed
though he never came out of them. A
God without a temple, a Veda without
a language was this. He lived for sixty-
eight years, as a monumental
expression of an ideal Vedantic
teacher.
Swami Tapovan Maharaj was not a

person. He was not just any historical
entity, he was not a saint of the
ordinary order, he was indeed a
SAINTS & MAS T ERS miracle and a great blessing for the
society that he lived in our times. The
Swami glory of what the Chinmaya Mission is

doing is all his glory. He sat down in
Tapovan the verandah of his hut for 45 –50

years, ever established in his own Self
Maharaj –
and expressing it in his every
movement. Everything of his was a
glorification and a reflection of the
An Infinite Self in him. It is this great

master who is the grandsire to the
Inspired Mission, a silent witness of what is

going on here. We, his family of
Saint of disciples, have a great responsibility

to see that he finds ample space in our
India bosoms to express himself.
Swami Tapovanji Maharaj is a

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communicate it. A light, a joy is
something to be experienced. The
only way to communicate about him
is to say that you also study the Geeta
and learn to live the righteous life and
experience what Swami Tapovanam
is. Invoke His grace, a very powerful
one, to make you an Adhikari for the
study of the Upanishads and for help
in meditation. Make use of him – if
you can.”
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21/01/2024, 19:26 Swami Tapovan Maharaj - An Inspired Saint of India | Chinmaya Upahar

Chinmaya HOME SHOP CONTACT ABOUT US

From time to time, there are born in

SAINTS & MAS T ERS

Swami limited or conditioned. He was drawn

Tapovan renunciation, austerity, and study.

An and the burning desire for liberation.

Chinmaya HOME SHOP CONTACT ABOUT US

Swami Uttarkashi. There he lived a life of

An Swamiji had complete mastery of the

Inspired students came to study in his austere

of the unfrequented peaks and

Swami glimpse of how a man of Divine Vision

Tapovan and through every form.

Maharaj – Swami Tapovan virtually accepted the

Inspired spiritual transformation that was

Saint of complete, that he was adored as the

True Vedantin till His Last

On the 16th of January 1957, Swamiji

Swami took in the name of Swami Tapovan

Maharaj – compassion, love, purity, and

An his smiling face.

Swami Chinmayananda’s inspiration

Swami of knowledge on Vedanta.

When asked “But who was Swami

Tapovan Tapovan Maharaj?” Swami

Maharaj – “Masters cannot be comprehended

An by the intellect. They are deeper than

Inspired It was in the utter detachment that

Saint of moment and this is how we saw him

India he was pure Brahman itself…at least

saw in the Upanishads and in the

Swami Tapovan Maharaj was not a

Swami glory of what the Chinmaya Mission is

Tapovan the verandah of his hut for 45 –50

An Infinite Self in him. It is this great

Inspired Mission, a silent witness of what is

Saint of disciples, have a great responsibility

India bosoms to express himself.

Swami Tapovanji Maharaj is a

Source: Chinmayam, May 2003

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Swami Swami Tapovan Maharaj vedanta

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